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Junkyard Find: 2012 Hyundai Equus

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When the first Hyundai Excels appeared on American streets as 1986 models, bearing shockingly cheap price tags, did anyone imagine that someday there would be a big, ostentatious Hyundai luxury sedan with serious V8 power available here? The Hyundai Genesis showed up here as a 2009 model and sold quite well.

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Hyundai Enters Commercial Vehicle Market in China With JV

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Hyundai Motor recently signed an initial agreement to create a joint venture with Baotou Bei Ben Heavy-Duty Truck Co., Under the agreement, Hyundai and Baotou Bei Ben Heavy-Duty Truck Co. Hyundai will initially focus on heavy-duty trucks with a sales target of 100,000 units in China by the year 2014.

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Anderman report sees strongest growth for full-hybrid systems; Li-ion batteries for hybrids may be in short supply

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of total vehicle sales by 2020, the more significant story is the rapid expansion of strong-hybrid vehicles led by Toyota, Ford, and Honda, followed by Hyundai, Nissan and others. Of those battery makers, Blue Energy Japan, PEVE and Sanyo are already either at or close to full capacity utilization for 2014.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Hyundai Kona 7,349. Kia/Hyundai/Genesis – Coming on Strong. Kia’s parent company Hyundai , Kia is scheduled to launch the Ioniq 5 crossover (joining the Ioniq EV sedan and Kona EV in its lineup). Finally, Hyundai has a unique offering, its Nexo fuel cell electric vehicle , which is available in California.

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South Korean company aims for electric car impact

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The outfit aims to manufacture vehicles in the USA and employ as many as 2,600 workers there by 2014. The company, which was founded by former Hyundai executive Yung Gi Lee, hopes to establish headquarters and a manufacturing facility in one of Alabama, California, Georgia, North Carolina or South Carolina.

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Fuel cells to get fresh push

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Other cars at the demonstration included vehicles from Daimler, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen. As for the carmakers themselves, they hope to have more than 4,000 fuel cells cars in the hands of customers by 2014 and 50,000 on the road by 2017. The vehicles received rave reviews.

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From Maruti Suzuki WagonR to Kia E9: Top EVs To Hit the Indian Roads In 2024

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New EV models from Hyundai, Kia, and Tata Motors are also made production-ready to debut in 2019. The Mahindra XUV e8 is expected to have a price tag of 35 lakhs and will compete with the BYD Atto 3 and act as a high-end substitute for the Hyundai Kona Electric and MG ZS EV AMD. #5.

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